True Street - Tom Wagner (72
Demon)

2018 Racing Fuel Pricing

While our delivery method has changed
you can be assured we will have racing fuel available on
site. No longer will we be selling it by the gallon,
but we will be selling it in a 5 gal can or 55 gal drums.

On site we will stock Sunoco Leaded 110, 112, HRC Plus 114
and Methanol. We will also be able to get E85, Maximal
(116) and 260GTX (98 Unleaded).

2018 Season Schedule now
available

2017 Racers Annual Award Winners

2017 Track Awards

2017 Track Champions

The 2017 Racing
season had come to an end with many racers & crew members
who've worked all season for a Track Championship, but only
one can be Track Class Champion. Congratulations to
the following 2017 Track Champions.

True Street - Kevin Hunt (70 Dart)

NHRA Div 3 Bracket Finals TeamTeam CSI 2017

Scheid Diesel Motorsports Truck Series

There was a great turnout with over 18 trucks making time
runs and 5 entered into the race. Zack Danner ran
consistent all night long and took home the win while Chase
Rogers was the runner up. In the "King of the Track"
Zack Danner turned up the wick and made the fastest pass going
6.968 @ 99.55 mph giving him bragging rights and a new track
record

11 Aug
Results
Winner - Zach Danner
R/Up - Chase Rogers

(Picture Coming Soon)

King of the Track #4Zack Danner
(6.968 @ 99.55 ) NEW TRACK RECORD

2017
Schedule now posted

Congratulations Chad
Isley
2016 Summit ET Pro National Champion

2016 Track Champions

The 2016 Racing
season is coming to an end with many racers & crew members
who've worked all season for a Track Championship, but only
one can be Track Class Champion. Congratulations to
the following 2016 Track Champions.

Congratulations to Bob Paul

2016 King of the
Track Combo "Wally" Winner

Bob Paul -
Win

Jesse
Brant - R/UpSemi-Finalist: Ron Zinn & Ralph Craig

Congratulation Ellis Buth2016 NHRA Member
Track Madness Winner

Ellis Buth of
Warrensburg, IL came out mainly for the $2K Hole in the Wall
BBQ Pro and decided at the last minute to bring his trusty
96 F150 Ford Work/Race Truck to run Sportsman. It
turned out to be a good idea as he took home the win in
Sportsman and the run off for the NHRA Member Track Madness
Trophy. In the run off Ellis beat Jesse Fink of
Ivesdale, IL on his 02 Suzuki. Jesse had been killing
the tree and running the number all day, but had some issue
shifting into 2nd; giving Ellis the Semi-Final win.
Joel Leihser in his 69 Firebird from Decatur, IL took on
Matt Chaney in his 90 S10. Joel had the better
reaction time and took just enough stripe for the win.
The finals pitted Ellis & Joel with Joel having the better
reaction time, but Ellis ran dead on with an "0" giving him
the better package & win.

2016 National
Dragster Challenge Winners

Denny Katz
(S/P), Rob Fisher (Pro) & Katrina Shain (SPT)

The NHRA National Dragster Challenge was contested at Coles County Dragway USA on 10 Sept with the covenant NHRA "Wally" on the line in Super Pro, Pro and Sportsman. Mother nature hasn't been very kind to CCD with race day morning clouds & rain looking like every other big race day cancellation this year, but by 11 am the clouds started to dissipate making for an absolutely beautiful Saturday night of racing action. Denny Katz of Mattoon, IL had a career day in his 03 Chaney Dragster taking home his first "Wally". Wes had kept 7.25 on his window all day long repeatedly running the number, but in the finals Doug Herman of Decatur, IL in his 70 Nova left too early and Wes didn’t need to run the number to take home the win. Rob Fisher of Humboldt, IL wheeled his 65 Chevelle Wagon to the O'Reilly's Winners Circle in Pro beating Ron Hill of Villa Grove, IL in his 75 Dart. Both drivers ran on their dial and near identical reaction times, but Rob's was .004 closer to his dial-in giving Rob the Win and Wally. Katrina Shain of Sullivan IL driving her 79 Camaro has been creeping closer to the winners circle each week and finally sealed the deal with her first ever Win & Wally as she beat Brad Talbert of Mattoon, IL in his 81 Malibu.

Special thanks to the Mattoon High School ROTC for
presenting "Colors" during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony.

2016 Summit
ET Race of Champions Participants

Thunder on the Prairie 2016

Wow, what an incredible night of racing action we had for
Thunder on the Prairie from the Wheel Stander to some of the
baddest Hot Rods around competing in the JT Muffler Q330''
to the stout field of 56 Pro cars to a record spectator
count. We'd like to thank all the fans & racers who
stayed with us waiting so patiently as we worked to get the
racing action in. We rolled 136 cars through the lanes and
couldn't of done it without our
unbelievable staff. Too boot we got it all in with 2 minutes
to spare on the curfew and it was great to
see so many fans stay to the end.

The first NO Prep Heads Up race on 25 June was a huge
success. We had a great turnout of racers & spectators
along with some very tight racing. Several Racers ran
dead on their index and the finals in both Index classes had
the nearest margin of victories. We can't thank Kevin
Hunt (Kevin Hunt Dragin Dart Racing & Video), Joe Laramee
(Decatur Gold & Coin) and Steve Moberly (Scram Speed) for
all their help and sponsorship.

Tom Walters of Monticello, IL has been racing on/off for 25
years and just last year picked the sport back up. Tom
started his racing career in the early 80’s pit crewing for
Paul Nickell at Motion Raceway and started racing himself in
the 90’s, but had to stop too raise a family. Fast-forward
to 2015 and Tom finally had the time & dollars to get back
into racing and has been doing well since. Saturday night
at CCD Tom took home his first win and to top it off it was
a NHRA “King of the Track” Wally race which earned him his
1st Wally also. Tom bought his 81 Regal from long-time
friend Frank Butler 4 years ago and dedicated this win to
him with special thanks to Cory & Wes Butler for helping
out. In the NHRA King of the Track run off Tom beat Walt
Edwards of Charleston, IL in his 02 Dragster. Walt had been
killing the tree and running the number all day, but had
some issue staging; flickering the tree and once the
computer caught him in the car backed out of the lights
giving the win to Tom Walters.

2016 Walt
Crabtree Memorial Race

Thanks to all the racers and spectators for supporting
this race. It was an unbelievable turnout as 62 racers went for the win
with Terry Willard of Mattoon IL taking the home the win.

SRT Transmission Giveaway
2016 Racing Season

We are pleased to announce our continued partnership with
Snearly Racing Transmissions for the 2016 Racing Season.
Wayne Snearlywill once again be giving away a SRT Powerglide
Transmission to one lucky winner at the 2016 Racers Banquet held in January
2017.

Any racer earning at least 55 points under the new "KoT"
points system before 27 September 2015 will be entered into
a drawing for a Powerglide Transmission built by Snearly
Racing Transmission of Bethany, IL. This transmission will
be drawn for at the 2016 Racers banquet and you
must be present at the time of the drawing to win.

Mark Hopper & Jackie Protz
2016 Hall of Fame Inductees

Hall of Fame
Pages are accessible on our
"Hall of Fame" page. Anyone with information or old
pictures please
email us.

Friday NO-Prep Heads Up (New for 2016)

There will be three new classes for the "Street Racer" to
include Door Car Heads Up Run What ya Brung, 7.35 True
Street Index and 8.0 Street Freak to be run on select Friday
Nights (20 May, 24 Jun, 22 Jul & 26
Aug).

Only rule to
follow will be follow NHRA Rules for Safety & ET, so anyone with
a Street Car can enter. It will be run on a 7.35 Index
with a .500 Pro Tree. Cost will be $10 at the gate per
person & $15 to enter 7.35 True Street Index. Regular Friday
Fun Night open time runs for everyone until 8 pm and then
1st round of eliminations at 8 pm with random pairing.
Once you've been eliminated from competition you can
continue open time runs until we close.

There will be very few rules so anyone with
a Street Car can enter. It will be run on a 8.00 Index
with a .500 Pro Tree. Cost will be $10 at the gate per
person & $15 to enter 8.0 Street Freak. Regular Friday
Fun Night open time runs for everyone until 8 pm and then
1st round of eliminations at 8 pm with random pairing.
Once you've been eliminated from competition you can
continue open time runs until we close.

Rules as follows:
1) Cars or trucks must
be street legal with current tags and insurance.
2) Must have mufflers on
vehicle (not in the trunk) open dumps allowed.
3) Any DOT tire is
allowed, including performance DOT's. (example: drag
radials,quick times, ET streets etc)

New Bike Track Record

(Video provided by Kevin Hunt "Dragin Dart Racing And
Videos")

2015 Track Champions

The 2015 Racing
season has come to an end with many racers & crew members
who've worked all season for a Track Championship, but only
one can be Track Class Champion. Congratulations to
the following 2015 Track Champions.

NHRA Illinois
State Championships Winners

The NHRA Illinois
State Championships was contested at Coles County Dragway
USA on 27 Sept with the covenant NHRA "Wally" Plaques on the
line in S/P, Pro, Sportsman, S/P Bike, High School & Jr's.
Mother Nature sure seems to given CCD many scares this year
and this weekend was no different. With clouds looming
all day a sense of urgency was in the air, but that didn't
seem to bother the race winners. In S/P Randy Protz of
Vandalia, IL in his 74 Vega Wagon only blemish was his "Red"
light in the first round, but he bought back and marched
through field before meeting up with Geramie Edwards of
Mattoon, IL in his 99 Dragster in the Finals. Geramie had
the starting line advantage, but Randy ran dead-on with an
"zero" giving him the win with John Moy & Wes Butler
semi-finalist. Pro saw many time winner Tony Lyons of
Ashkum, IL in his 89 Probe taking on first time "Finalist"
Stuart Galloway of Milford, IL in his 85 Monte Carlo LS.
Tony had a slightly better reaction time and ran closer to
his dial as Stuart went too fast breaking out giving Tony
the win with Tom Harlin the lone semi-Finalist.
Sportsman had two drivers who'd never won a "Wally" with
David Lewis of Farina, IL in his 86 Cutlass beating Scott
Pickens of Marshall, IL in his 85 Monte Carlo SS with Jed
Veach the lone semi-finalist. Ken Walker of Kansas, IL
riding his 77 Kawasaki took out "Fast" Freddy Hollingsworth
of Champaign, IL on his 93 Suzuki. Neither rider want
the race off the starting line, but Ken ran closer to his
dial giving him the win. High School category had its
biggest car count of the year with John Vice of Paris, IL in
his 70 Camaro beating Dalton English of Metcalf, IL in his
74 Duster. John was better on the tree and ran closer
to his dial in taking home the victory. In Jr.
Dragster Christopher Mullins of Lincoln, IL, running in his
last chance at a State Championship as he will outage the
class next year took on Kinzer Lee of Kansas, IL one of the
younger Jr. Racers. IT was a close battle, but
Christopher nailed the tree and took home the win.

2015 National
Dragster Challenge Winners

Wes Butler
(S/P), Eric Rayburn (Pro) & Chad Isley (SPT)

The NHRA National Dragster Challenge was contested at Coles County Dragway USA on 12 Sept with the covenant NHRA "Wally" on the line in Super Pro, Pro and Sportsman. Mother nature hasn't been very kind to CCD with race day morning clouds & rain looking like every other big race day cancellation this year, but by 2 pm the clouds started to dissipate making for an absolutely beautiful Saturday night of racing action. Wes Butler of Bement, IL has been fighting every issue possible, but it all came together Saturday night as he took the win in his 81 Buick Regal taking home his first "Wally". Wes had kept 7.25 on his window all day long repeatedly running the number, but in the finals Doug Herman of Decatur, IL in his 70 Nova left too early and Wes didn’t need to run the number to take home the win. Eric Rayburn of Philo, IL wheeled his 69 Nova to the O'Reilly's Winners Circle in Pro beating Ralph Craig of Charleston, IL in his 76 Firebird. Both drivers ran dead on their dial and near identical reaction times, but Eric’s dead-on with a 6 was closer than Ralphs dead-on with a 9 giving Eric the Win and Wally. Chad Isley of Charleston, IL driving his 87 Mustang has been on a terror this year with 9 wins alone in Sportsman along with 4 wins in Pro and 2 wins in S/P Bike and took home his 17th Wally and 2nd of the year at Coles County Dragway USA as he beat Christi Yielding of Humboldt, IL in her 81 Malibu affectionately known as the "Cash Cab" from its bright Yellow paint and Cash she's been winning with it. Christi was the only racer left in two classes in the Semis of Pro & Sportsman and had taken out two National Champions, 1 Division 3 Champion and 2 Track Champions on her way to the finals where Chad beat her on the tree and closer to his dial forcing Christi into taking the stripe, but breaking out.

Special thanks to the Mattoon High School ROTC for
presenting "Colors" during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony.

The Outlaw Automotive &
Performance Heads Up Door Car Shootout had some of the
Fastest Street Door Cars converge on Coles County Dragway
USA.

Dewey Bastin in his Bastin
& Stark 1968 Camaro from Indianapolis, IN took home the win
beating Cade Spires of Clinton, IN. It was a tight
battle to half track before Spires fuel management system
failed causing him to lose power as Bastin pulled away for a
best ET of 5.698 at 128.21 mph.

Qualifying

Name

Type Car

1

Cade Spires

67 Nova

2

Stuart Galloway

85 Monte
Carlo

3

Dewey Bastin

68 Camaro

4

Doug Keen

84 Buick
Regal

5

Lee Kennetz

67 Nova

6

Billy Miller

99 S-10
Extreme

7

Jeff Harper

67 Mustang

Motion Raceway / Rolling Thunder Reunion
Shirts

Order your pre-sale shirts now at a discount price.

Pre-sale prices are $16 (S-XL) & $19 (2XL-4XL) and are
available in Navy or Charcoal Grey.

There will be limited shirts available onsite the day of the
race for $22 (S-XL) & $25 (2XL-4XL)

3rd Annual Motion Raceway Reunion & Terry Luechtefeld
Memorial

What an incredible night we had from the record car count and spectator count, it was awesome to see the house packed. We'd like to thank all the Spectators and Racers who came out to enjoy the night and especially to the Exhibition Racers who kept the spectators on the edge of their seat. It was great meeting a lot of you and hearing all the stories of times past.

CCD would like to thank the Motion Raceway Committee for allowing us to have the Motion Raceway Reunion and a special thanks to Kevin Hunt for all his help preparing & promoting this event.

Thunder on
the Prairie 2014

Wow, what an incredible night of racing action we had for
Thunder on the Prairie from the Jet Funny Car, to a little
Mother Nature raining on our parade, to some extremely tight
bracket racing and a super fast Q330'. We'd like to
thank all the fans & racers who stayed with us waiting so
patiently as we worked to get the track dry and our
unbelievable staff that worked so hard to keep the show
rolling for you as we couldn't do it without all of you.
It may of been late when we got done, but it was great to
see so many fans stay to the end.

2014 King of the Track

Eric Cooper Winner
(Bike)

Jason McConnell (S/P),
Terry Willard (Pro) & Rob Fisher (Sportsman)

Eric Cooper caps the weekend off with
the "King of the Track" title and another Wally. This
years NHRA "King of the Track" racers were, Jason McConnell
(Super Pro) 11' Millennium Dragster, Humbolt, IL, Terry
Willard (Pro) 78 Camaro, Mattoon, IL, Rob Fisher
(Sportsman), 83 Malibu Wagon, Humbolt, IL & Eric Cooper
(Bike) 77 Kawasaki, Martinsville, IL. Racers drew for
the opponents and in the semi-finals it was Eric Cooper
defeating Terry Willard in a race that was decided on the
starting line with Terry's Red Light. In the second
semi-final it was Jason McConnell defeating Rob Fisher as
Rob's starting line advantage wasn't enough as Jason closer
to his dial giving him the win. In the finals Eric
Cooper took home this year's NHRA "King of the Track" Wally
over Jason McConnell. Eric with the slower dial-in, left
first, was having problems down track with his bike not
realizing Jason had gone "Red" giving him the automatic win
and a trip to the "O'Reilly's" Winners Circle.

2014 Inaugural
Midwest Bottom Bulb Challenge Winner

Andy Romine (Sat & Sun)

The 2014 1st Annual Midwest
Bottom Bulb Challenge brought to you by Cedar City Motors.
Andy Romine of Tuscola, IL driving his 89 S-10 took home the
win both days as he dominated the field of 64 cars Saturday
Night with racers from 4 states competing for the $4K to
win. In the Semi-Finals Joel Leihser of Decatur, IL in
his “BADPON” 68 Firebird was the only person who carried his
double entry down to 16 cars earning two checks, had a
shifter issue and lost to event winner Andy Romine.
Romine had stated earlier that he had a lot of lucky rounds
over the night and this was just one of those as Joel had
drilled Andy on the starting line, but Joel’s shifter
malfunction giving Andy the win. In the other
Semi-Final Tim Walters of Indianapolis, IN in his 73 Camaro
took on Tony Lyons of Ashkum, IL in his 89 Probe. Tony
had the starting line advantage taking that to the finish
line for the win. In the finals Tony had a .054
starting line advantage in another one of those as Andy
would say “Had a few lucky rounds today” as Tony would take
the stripe, but breakout giving Andy Romine the win.
Andy stated "I would like to thank my dad, Allen
Romine, for what he does to keep our race cars competitive.
This time of year gets pretty hectic as I coach boys track
as part of my job, and we are nearing the postseason.
My dad really does a lot to help me stay on top of
maintaining my race cars. If there was a hall of fame
of fathers, he'd be enshrined on the 1st ballot. Also,
a big thanks to Larry Hodge of Larry Hodge Racing Tires.
He sent me two pairs of tires to try this week. His
knowledge of tires, and the game of bracket racing in
general, is immense, and I am thankful he is welling to
share some of that knowledge. He runs a great business
that is racer friendly. Finally to Battery Specialists
of Charleston for getting an alternator repaired for my race
car in a timely fashion so it was ready for this weekend.
Lastly, to Walt and Kelly Edwards of Cedar City Motors, for
helping to put on a great event. This was the largest
payout to my knowledge, at this track, in about 16 or 17
years and their sponsorship was a huge reason."
Saturday’s Box final had Ron Zinn of Shelbyville, IL in his
79 Mustang taking on Jim Falbe of Clinton, IL in his 68
“DartZaster” Dart. Jim had a perfect light earning him
5 free wings courtesy of Buffalo Wild Wings of Mattoon in
their “.500 - 5 Free Wings” program at CCD while Ron ran
7.257 on his 7.26 dial-in, too fast, giving Jim the win.
On Sunday it was Andy Romine and Brad Talbert of Mattoon, IL
in his 89 Malibu in the Finals. Once again it was Andy
day’s as Brad had a near perfect reaction time (.508) and
broke out by 1 thousand (.001) 7.329 on a 7.33 dial-in.
Semi-Finalist were Harold Wright of Ashmore, IL in his 87
S-10 and Chad Guffey of Nashville, IN in his 67 Camaro.
In the Box Final it was Matt Chaney of Mattoon, IL in his 87
S-10 taking on Kassie Edwards-Wilson of Charleston, IL in
her 99 Camaro. Matt took his starting line advantage
all the way to the bank as he took home his 3rd win of the
young 2014 season.

John Allen & Patty Lang
2014 Hall of Fame Inductees

Their Hall of Fame
Pages are under construction and will be accessible on our
"Hall of Fame". Anyone with information or old
pictures please
email us.

King of the
College - Lake Land

Several students representing Lake Land
College, Parkland College and SIUC Automotive Technology
converged on CCD this past weekend for the covenant "King of
the College" Perpetual Cup. Taking home the crown this
year was Lake Land College with Terry Adams behind the wheel
of the Schools 1998 Firebird sponsored by Advanced Auto
Parts, Central Illinois Transmission, Lake Land Automotive
Club & Scott Shop. Thanks to Lake Land College for
providing food for everyone.

If you have an Android Phone and would like to stay up to
date with what's happening at CCD, thanks to Warren Evans
there is now an App that can be found on the Android Market
(Search "CCDLINK "),
http://waterboxlabs.com/ or email us at (Click
Here). For those with iPhone and iPads
your App is being tested by Apple now and should be released
to your market soon. Check our website for updates.

We’ve also created a “Racers” page which we hope will
connect Race Fans to you and Coles County Dragway USA. Your
information will only appear on CCD website if you want it
to. If you'd like your information posted e-mail us the
following: Name, Hometown, Type Race Car, Best ET & MPH,
Crew Chief, Team Members, Accomplishments and pictures of
your car

We hope you enjoy the new App and
hope to see you on March 25th, Opening Day

(Posted 3/21/2012)

Sunoco Racing Fuel

Maybe you forgot to bring enough fuel or
just want the convenience of getting it at the track.
On site we always have Sunoco Racing 110 Standard Fuel and
Methanol we sell by the 5 gal can or 54 gal drum. We can get by
the 55 gallon drum: Supreme 112 octane, Unleaded 260GT 110
octane (w/10% Ethanol) and Unleaded 260GTX 98 octane.
If you need pricing please call 217-512-0673 as fuel prices
do fluctuate regularly.

NHRA Tech 101... Q & A

Question: Can I run my exhaust through the front corners of my driver’s compartment then to the outside of
the car?

Exhaust Pipe Everett

Answer: As of 2013 you are not allowed to run any of the exhaust system through the
driver’s compartment. There is new wording in the 2013 NHRA Rulebook, General Regulations, page 3, 1:3 Exhaust,
it states “No part of the exhaust system may be routed through the driver’s compartment.”